cruciferous
adj.
1650s, from Late Latin crucifer "cross-bearing," from Latin crux (genitive crucis) "stake, cross" (see cross, n.). Originally in literal senses; botanical use (in reference to a symmetrical arrangement of four petals) is from 1851.
〔李〕a.饰有十字架的 [ferous=bearing] ←cruci-[L] =cross十字形
〔蒋〕[cruc十字形，-i-，fer带有，-ous形容词后缀，…的]